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Andy Murray has been criticised in the past for his off-court manner, with words like “dour”, “boring” and “monotonous” sometimes bandied about.
But behind that deadpan demeanour is a strange kind of comedy genius – particularly if his latest Q & A for BBC Sport is anything to go by.
Ahead of his fourth-round match against Croatia’s Ivo Karlovic on Monday, the Scot revealed that he fell asleep watching Heather Watson’s narrow loss to Serena Williams – despite really being “into” the match.
Asked about his preference for pets after his two dogs, Murray called it a “good question”, and said: “I had a hamster when I was a kid, called Whisky. He escaped down the floorboards never to be seen again and I was absolutely devastated.”
Though it’s something we’ve all done at one point or another, few of us would admit very publically to laughing along to a joke we missed.
Not Murray though, who said of his interaction with Andreas Seppi at the end of their third-round match : “I didn't really hear exactly what he said, but he said it and then laughed, so I laughed as well.”
Wimbledon 2015 - in picturesShow all 74 1 /74Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day 13 Novak Djokovic celebrates with the Wimbledon title alongside beaten finalist Roger Federer
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day 13 As per usual, Djokovic eats a bit of the SW19 grass in celebration
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day 13 Novak Djokovic celebrates winning Wimbledon
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day 13 Novak Djokovic wins a point
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day 13 A downbeat Roger Federer reacts in the final
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day 13 Novak Djokovic plays a strong return
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day 12 Williams and Muguruza show off their respective winner and runner-up trophies
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day 12 Serena Williams with the Wimbledon title
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day 12 Muguruza and Williams embrace after their Wimbledon final
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day 12 Serena Williams celebrates winning a point against Garbine Muguruza in the Wimbledon final
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day 12 Serena Williams celebrates winning a point against Garbine Muguruza in the Wimbledon final
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day 11 Roger Federer rolled back the years to produce a brilliant display to set up a final against Novak Djokovic
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day 11 Andy Murray reacts after losing a point to Roger Federer
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day 11 Novak Djokovic celebrates after easing into the final with a win over Richard Gasquet
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day 11 Richard Gasquet rarely troubled Djokovic in a straight sets defeat
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day 10 Serena Williams celebrates victory over Maria Sharapova in the semi-finals
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day 10 Garbine Muguruza clinches semi-final victory
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day 9 Roger Federer celebrates his win over Gilles Simon
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day 9 The players embrace after the match
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day 9 Andy Murray celebrates his win over Vasek Pospisil
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day 9 The Dutchess and Duke of Cambridge look on
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day 9 David Beckham and son Romeo watch Andy Murray
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day 9 The roof over Centre Court closes during Murray's quarter-final match
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day 8 Jamie Murray on his way to the men's doubles semi-finals
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day 8 Madison Keys pictured in her defeat to Agnieszka Radwanska
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day 8 Maria Sharapova celebrates after coming through her tough quarter-final match against Coco Vandeweghe
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day 8 Garbine Muguruza celebrates her quarter-final victory
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day 8 Novak Djokovic on his way to victory against Kevin Anderson after their fourth round match resumed
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day 7 Roger Federer was in complete control throughout his three-set victory over Bautista Agut
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day 7 Caroline Wozniacki on her way to defeat against Garbine Muguruza
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day 7 Andy Murray in action against Ivo Karlovic
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day 7 Ivo Karlovic in action against Murray
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day 7 Murray in action in his fourth round tie on Centre Court
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day 7 Andy Murray in action against Ivo Karlovic
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day 7 Nick Kyrgios clashes with the umpire during his defeat to Gasquet
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day 7 Maria Sharapova during her fourth round win
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day 7 Serena is congratulated by sister Venus after their fourth round contest
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day Six Andy Murray was in real trouble for a short time against Andreas Seppi and needed a medical timeout to work on his shoulder
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day Six But the Scot rallied and won six games in a row to march into the fourth round
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day Six James Ward is cheered off by the home support after losing an epic battle with Vasek Pospisil
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day Six Defending champion Petra Kvitova leaves the court in tears after shock defeat to Jelena Jankovic
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day Six Angelique Kerber was upset by Garbine Muguruza, who was seeded 10 places below the German
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day Six No 5 seed Caroline Wozniacki made quick work of Camila Giorgi
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day Six Marin Cilic needed five sets and a 12-10 tie-break to beat American John Isner
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day Six Roger Federer Eased to a win over Sam Groth
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day Six Wimbledon darling Dustin Brown packs up after defeat to Viktor Troicki
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day Five Serena Williams celebrates her triumph over Heather Watson
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day Five Heather Watson wins a point in the third set
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day Five Serena Williams reacts to losing a point
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day Five Grigor Dimitrov was knocked out after losing to Richard Gasquet
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day Five Maria Sharapova celebrates her win over Irina-Camelia Begu
Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day Four Tennis world number 102 Dustin Brown has shaken Wimbledon by knocking out two-time champion Rafael Nadal
Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day Four Roger Federer plays a cheeky shot during his second round win over Sam Querrey
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day Four Petra Kvitova celebrates her second round win
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day Four The Duchess of Cornwall meets Rafa Nadal
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day Four Adam Lallana of Liverpool at Wimbledon with Game of Thrones star Kit Harington
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day Four Andy Murray in second round action where he beat Robin Haase in straight sets
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day Four Wimbledon fans feel the heat
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day Three Milos Raonic of Canada serves to Tommy Haas of Germany during their singles match
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day Three Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria reaches for the ball trying to return to Steve Johnson
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day Three Heather Watson impressed to beat Daniela Hanutchova in straight sets
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day Three Novak Djokovic eased into the third round with a win against Jarkko Nieminen, who played his last game at the tournament
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day Two Defending champion Petra Kvitova made light work of Kiki Bertens, dropping just one set
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day Two Heather Watson booked her place in the second round but upsetting No 32 seed Caroline Garcia
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day Two Laura Robson played her first Grand Slam match in 17 months but lost to Evgeniya Rodina
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day Two No 10 seed Rafa Nadal was given some problems by Tomaz Bellucci but prevailed
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day Two Roger Federer was excellent as he beat Damir Dzumhur in straight sets
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day One A blue tit stole the show early on the first day of the tournament
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day One Serena Williams made hard work over her victory over Margarita Gasparyan
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day One Novak Djokovic boked his place in the second round with a 6-4 6-4 6-4 win over Philipp Kohlschreiber
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day One Liam Broady produced a brilliant fightback from two sets down to beat Marinko Matosevic - a man ranked 43 places above him
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day One Maria Sharapova was impressive in beating Britain's Johanna Konta
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Wimbledon 2015 - in pictures Day One Kei Nishikori reacts after the No 5 seed struggled to a five-set win
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Medical time-outs and toilet breaks have become something of a point of contention in recent years, with players accused of using them tactically to break up the rhythm of play.
Murray agreed rules should be tighter on how the stoppages can be used, but warned against going too far. He said: “Sometimes we play for four or five hours and you're drinking so many fluids, you can't get rid of them altogether - what if someone needs to go? You don't want to see what might happen on the court!”
The British number 1 has some form when it comes to using his media presence to have a bit of a laugh. In his column on Friday, he claimed that fellow British player James Ward was a huge Taylor Swift fan and when they trained in Miami “that was all he was playing”.
Ward has since said that was completely made up, part of a running joke between the pair and Murray’s wife Kim Sears about who is better out of Swift and Arianna Grande.
And last year, when Wimbledon’s promoters asked the world’s tennis stars how they eat their strawberries , most replied either “with cream”, “with sugar” or something similar. Murray’s response, “with my fingers”, is deadpan at its finest.
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